Ghostly store windows brighten Shafter for Halloween
Richland School students from grades two through five create ghostly scenes decorating multiple downtown stores. Prizes offered by local merchants will be awarded Monday after judging. Look for haunting paintings at Shirley's Dress Shop, Shafter Sports Center, Hitchcock Auto Parts, Colvard's Furniture and Family Furniture.
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Shirley's Dress Shop
Shafter Sports Center
Hitchcock Auto Parts
Colvard's Furniture
Family Furniture
Coast To Coast
Central Drug
Johnson's Department Store
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Tops Market
Budget Market
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Woods Shoe
Depot Museum workday elects three incumbents to new terms
At the Depot Museum a business meeting elected Helen Gaede Virginia Bender and Ben Grundy to another term. Curator Stan Wilson urged volunteers to adopt a project restore a caboose body and undercarriage work. Gather Saturday 8:30 to 9 a.m. for cataloging photographs displays and oral histories. Call Stan Wilson or Art Kadel for details.
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Helen Gaede
Virginia Bender
Ben Grundy
Stan Wilson
Depot Museum
Art Kadel
Shafter-Wasco group attends Beyond War Symposium in Visalia
Six people from the Shafter-Wasco area joined more than 500 others in Visalia for the Beyond War Women's Symposium. The gathering discussed the earths future amid modern times and the nuclear war threat, with over 75 Bakersfield residents joining attendees from the San Joaquin Valley and the coast at St Williams Theater.
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Shafter-Wasco
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St. Williams Theater
Cub Scout Pack 913 Plans Thursday Meeting
Cub Scout Pack 913 will meet Thursday at 7 p.m. for the monthly pack meeting in the Shafter Church of Christ auditorium at 850 Minter Ave. Families are invited. awards and graduations will be presented.
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Shafter Church of Christ
Minter Ave
Local events calendar highlights Bakersfield October through January
Community listings feature Chris Forsythe drawings at Rosewood Retirement Center in Bakersfield through October and a packed lineup of concerts theater and art events. Highlights include The Fixx at Bakersfield Civic Auditorium on October 24, Prague String Quartet at Bakersfield College Theatre on October 27, Bluegrass Festival at Chuck's Hidden Lakes October 27 28 and a Halloween Parade in Shafter October 31. Also of note are the Bakersfield Symphony with Joseph Silverstein October 28 and Dorian Society presenting National Theatre of the Deaf October 30 at Cal State Bakersfield. From November to January, events span Western Fine Arts Festival Calico Ghost Town Peter and the Wolf Northwest Ballet performances and a three‑day Death Valley Las Vegas tour with arts and music offerings across Bakersfield Shafter Pismo Beach Santa Barbara and surrounding communities.
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Rosewood Retirement Center
Bakersfield
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Bakersfield Civic Auditorium
Shirley Fossman
Todd Madigan
Cal State Bakersfield
Prague String Quartet
Bakersfield College Theatre
Chuck’s Hidden Lakes
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Fairgrounds
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National Theatre of the Deaf
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State Bakers Field
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Shatur High School
Mark Reppert
Charles Wysocki
Renaissance Gallery
18Th St
Death Valley
Las Vegas
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